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After the Plague: Health and History in Medieval England

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"After the Plague" This page presents an archaeology project and history project from the University of Cambridge. It is about the people of medieval Cambridge. It studies their skeletons, DNA and isotopes to reveal secrets about their history, genetics and social relationships.

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Publishing in a Medieval Monastery

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Cambridge Core - Printing and Publishing History - Publishing in a Medieval Monastery

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What Medieval Manuscripts Reveal About the Hidden History of Whales

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A clever cetacean feeding trick may have launched a legend

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Silly Tavern AI: A guide to an interactive chat experience

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For example, you can tell the AI to pretend to be a Go instructor named Jubei from medieval Japan, and it will act and respond accordingly. Refined past chats view: An optimized view of past conversations provides a clearer, more organized interaction history. Or you can tell it to pretend to be Wonder Woman.

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Fakes: Not an Internet Thing, a Human Thing

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The Internet as a force multiplier of our preexisting tendency toward the fictional, and even the fanciful, is the essential thesis of Scheirer’s new book, A History of Fake Things on the Internet (Stanford Univ. There’s nothing new under the sun Stained-glass windows: the Medieval mass media Has there ever been an objective truth?

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A brief history of cryptography: Sending secret messages throughout time

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In this article, we’ll look back at the history and evolution of cryptography. Medieval cryptography 800: Arab mathematician Al-Kindi invented the frequency analysis technique for cipher breaking, representing one of the most monumental breakthroughs in cryptanalysis.

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Bing AI mobile is Microsoft’s latest move in the AI war

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You can admire the stunning scenery, visit the medieval castle, and try some local cheese and wine. – If you like *art* and *history, you can fly to **Florence* in Italy⁶, which is the birthplace of the Renaissance and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. . I hope this helps you plan your trip. Have a wonderful anniversary!

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